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Andrea Winter went to the clothes shop to ask about the sales assistant job.

Insert the missing words into their conversation:

Saturday provide uniform advertisement half

interviews CV temporary many apply

Pauline: Good morning, how can I help?


Andrea: Good morning. I would like to ask about the job provide I saw yesterday in a
newspaper.
Pauline: Oh, yes. My name’s Pauline and I'm the assistant manager. Are there any
questions you’d like to ask?
Andrea: Well, could you tell me how many hours there are exactly in the contract?
Pauline: 37
Andrea: And how many days per week would I have to work?
Pauline: 4 days per week plus every other Saturday
Andrea: Would I have to wear uniform ?
Pauline: No, but you would have to wear the clothes from our shop.
Andrea: Would I have to pay for them?
Pauline: No, we provide our staff with some new clothes twice a year.
Andrea: It says in the advertisement that it is a temporary position, but it doesn’t say
for how long.
Pauline: It’s for half a year but there is a chance that this position will become
permanent.
Andrea: That’s great. How do I apply for this job?
Pauline: You can leave your CV with me and we’ll be inviting people for interviews
with the manager next week.
Andrea: Thank you very much. Here’s my CV. You’ll find my phone number and address
there.
Pauline: See you next week then. Bye.
Andrea was invited for the job interview. Read the letter she received:

Dear Miss Winter,


We have pleasure to inform you that you have been invited
to job interview with the ‘PoshGirl’ clothes shop manager,
Adelaide Crest. The interview will take place on Monday, 22nd
July, at 10:30 am.
If for some reason you cannot attend the interview, please
phone 01274 98 76 54 in order to rearrange or cancel it.
Your sincerely,
Pauline Kugelbush, assistant manager

Read the sentences below and choose the correct answer:

1. Andrea saw the advertisement in the newspaper/in the job centre.

2. Full time for a sales assistant is thirty five/thirty seven hours.

3. Andrea would have to work every Saturday/every other Saturday.

4. She would have to wear clothes from the shop/a uniform.

5. The shop gives some clothes to the staff twice a month/twice a year.

6. Andrea gave her CV to the assistant manager/sent her CV by post.

7. The manager’s name is Pauline Kugelbush/Adelaide Crest.

8. The interview date is Monday, 22nd June/Monday, 22nd July.

9. The time of the interview is 10:30 in the morning/10:30 in the evening.


Here is Andrea’s job interview. Her answers are in order, but the manager’s questions
were left out. Insert them in the right places. The first one has been done for you.

I see. Are there any questions So why do you want to change your job?
you’d like to ask?
So, you want to work for PoshGirl Store?
Are you working at the moment?
Have you worked in a clothes shop before?

O.K. And how many days of sick Well, thanks for coming then. We’ll let you
have you had last year? know in a couple of days.

Manager: Good morning, Miss Winter. Please, take a seat.


Andrea: Thank you.
Manager: So, you want to work for PoshGirl Store? Have you worked in a clothes shop
before?
Andrea: No, but I worked in a supermarket as a stockroom assistant and then on the
till. And I like fashion so I think I will do well in a clothes shop.
Manager: Are you working at the moment?
Andrea: Yes, I’m a receptionist in a hotel.
Manager: So why do you want to change your job?
Andrea: It’s only part time, twelve hours per week, and I would like to work full time.
Manager: O.K. And how many days of sick have you had last year?

Andrea: A week. I broke my wrist, couldn’t work on the till.


Manager: I see. Are there any questions you’d like to ask?
Andrea: No, thanks. Your assistant explained a lot to me last week.
Manager: Well, thanks for coming then. We’ll let you know in a couple of days

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